NVIDIA designs graphics processing units and accelerated computing platforms that power gaming, data-center, automotive, and AI applications. The company employs roughly 26,500 people worldwide, with recent staffing activity showing about 2,460 additions versus 690 departures—an indication of steady net growth. Its expanding workforce underscores an ongoing investment in talent to advance GPU architectures, software stacks, and emerging AI solutions.
Engineering is the largest organisation at NVIDIA with roughly 17,700 employees, accounting for well over two-thirds of total headcount and reflecting the firm’s research-heavy product strategy. Information Technology (about 1,700) and Business Management (1,650) provide critical infrastructure and strategic direction. Go-to-market functions are represented by Marketing & Product (1,590) and Sales & Support (1,130), while Operations, Human Resources, Finance & Administration, and Program & Project Management collectively house just over 2,000 professionals. An additional 600 employees work in specialised or cross-functional roles classified as “Other,” illustrating a balanced mix of technical and business expertise across the company.
NVIDIA’s workforce is heavily concentrated in California, where San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area cities employ roughly 5,700 people. Outside the United States, Israel hosts close to 2,000 team members, and the Bengaluru and Pune offices in India add another 2,300 professionals, highlighting a growing presence in Asia. Austin, Texas serves as an additional U.S. engineering hub with around 500 employees, while staff in Shanghai, Hyderabad, Seattle, Los Angeles, and numerous other locations round out a truly global footprint that supports product development and customer engagement across major markets.